Thanks to congressional funding rules, the construction of President Trump’s border wall will continue into next year, no matter what the final outcome of the Electoral College election is.
Acting Deputy Homeland Security Secretary Ken Cuccinelli told us that because a chunk of the money for the project was appropriated by Congress, it has to be spent.
However, a Biden administration could redirect Pentagon money that Trump is using for the massive infrastructure project.
415 miles of new border wall system protecting our communities throughout the country. pic.twitter.com/9WetQbRudi
— CBP Mark Morgan (@CBPMarkMorgan) December 1, 2020
“The wall continues. We’ve crossed 415 miles, and we’re still pressing ahead,” said Cuccinelli of the building project Trump and his team are most proud of.
“I fully expect to get over the 450 miles in completed construction,” he said.
And he added that there is more money to use. “There is congressionally appropriated money. Presidents don’t tend to not do things that have been appropriated. So the wall construction actually will continue past January 20,” he said.
Keeping up the great work! https://t.co/YSizLBGqQk
— Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli (@HomelandKen) November 16, 2020
“I think we’ll get to 450 miles before January 20. But my broader point is that for the portions of the wall already appropriated, they’re obligated to build them. So, what they can pull is money, which is Department of Defense money, in their counternarcotics efforts, they can redirect their efforts somewhere else with the exception of having to fulfill whatever contracts are in place,” said Cuccinelli, one of the chief architects of the president’s immigration agenda.
